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How much fun is it to laugh?

I think laughing is just the greatest little gift from the gods.

I don't know if you have this, but I have certain people in my life that I laugh so hard with that I cry.

There is nothing better. And, you know, I mean, it's not like you can exactly wake up and say,

I'm going to laugh my ass off uncontrollably today, you know, the kind of deep soul-rocking

laughter. You can't plan it. It kind of sneaks up on you. And it can be very

surprising. You know, the laughing at a funeral kind of laughing, you know, you're not allowed to

laugh, makes it worse. It's a mysterious and it's a truly wonderful thing. As a performer,

there's this weird sense playing a comic scene sometimes. It's like you're several

people all at once. You're deeply into the scene, yes, but you're also in your head sort of

controlling the scene and then you're also outside of it watching the scene. And when it's a comedy and it's going really well, at least for me, that deep kind of

laughter can just bubble up and, God damn it, it is impossible for me to stop it.

I'd crack up.

I lose it.

I mean, if you've ever seen any of those blooper

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